Environmental concerns determined that the Brazilian rain-forest must be protected in order to save the entire planet. A new environmental based world government emerged to ensure the survival of the planet along with astounding new scientific break throughs.

A bumbling Texas governor flirts with secession. Far right militias flock to his call and prepare for violence to bring about independence. A backlash from Indigenous Mexicans in Texas calls for the Aztlan Now movement, Mexicans wanting to secede FROM Texas and stay loyal to the US. Militias, Brown Power people, prison gangs, police, and FBI clash. From this comes new Mexican-majority US states.

Around the World in Eighty Blogs is a selection of the best earlier posts from Peter Blakeborough's Blog. The topics are wide-ranging, some serious, some humorous, and come from many different parts of the world.
This is Peter Blakeborough's eighth book and many of the posts express opinions that may be controversial and give rise to vigorous debate. The author welcomes comments and reviews.

It was a time of stalemate, gridlock, divisiveness, and polarization. The nation plunged into greater crisis and dysfunction as the list of things which weren't getting done grew longer. The survival of democracy and America itself were increasingly in doubt.
This is the inspiring story of a small committed group of activists who either never knew or forgot the meaning of the word 'impossible'.

What if … UKIP were given a lectern in the debates in 2010?
That was the starting point of The Fourth Lectern. But the repercussions didn’t stop there. What would have happened next? The outcome was different, so things would have been different – and rather unstable …

Deus ex machina is a poetry collection exploring the UK today. It is for people who baulk at the rampant inequality and long for change. A proportion of any profit gained will be donated to the Trussell Trust, who do so much to aid those most grossly hit by the inequality of our age, and a proportion will be donated to the Green Party, to invest in a future politics that works for the common good.